School just started back last week and we are going to celebrate with a school and office supply giveaway from Avery Dennison.  Hooray!
This giveaway includes great stuff like Hi-Liters, labels, GlueStics, binders, dividers, sheet protectors, Marks-a-Lot permanent markers, and t-shirt transfers. The gift basket has a retail value of over $50!

Avery recently partnered with Box Tops for Education. Now, when you purchase Avery school supplies for the new academic year you also receive Box Tops coupons to clip and return to your child’s school to be redeemed for cash. Each school then uses the cash at their discretion to purchase new …read more

Congratulations to Meredith.  She is the winner of our $100 Lands’ End Giveaway! 
Meredith plans to share the gift card with her mom.  I’m sure she’ll enjoy the high quality merchandise from Lands’ End.
Thanks to everyone that participated in the giveaway.

The Lands’ End $100 giveaway will be ending in 24 hours.  You could use this to get a new swimsuit, dress, pants, school clothes, backpack, or some other special item. 
Be sure to enter the giveaway before it ends at 11:59 pm on June, 14, 2009.  Good luck everyone!

Over the past year, I have had the pleasure of trying out a few Lands’ End clothing products.  Let me say, I am impressed with the quality of their products.  Until a few weeks ago, I’d never owned a Lands’ End bathing suit.  As mentioned in my review, I’m extremely pleased with the fabric, SPF protection, and the information on choosing a suit for your body shape.
I told you earlier this week that I’d have a special surprise for you.  We’re giving away a $100 credit to Lands’ End.  Woohoo!
As usual, I have several ways for you to earn entries.  Of …read more

A Full Cup is a FREE online forum with printable coupons and the latest information on money saving deals.  You can click on links to find sale and coupon information for just about any store.   They are celebrating the new look and enhanced features by offering giveaways on their site and one here at Thrifty Mommy.

I have been challenged to see how much I can save by using A Full Cup.  I am excited about using the online printable coupons and the information on coupon match-ups to find the most savings.  It’s a thrill to find food and toiletries for …read more

Just as promised, we are letting you know of some great products this month for Earth Day.  This time, I had the opportunity to review some of the Bright Green™ cleaning products. Bright Green is a new line of home care products featuring cleaning and laundry soaps made with biodegradable and naturally derived ingredients, energy-efficient light bulbs and paper products made from 100% recycled content.  The Bright Green products are sold exclusively at Safeway stores.

I was able to review the Bright Green dishwashing liquid and all purpose cleaner.  The question that I have often asked myself is, “Is it possible to use green …read more

At Keeping the Castle, I am giving away a huge assortment of candy from Tootsie Industries.  If you win this, you definitely won’t need to buy any candy for Easter.

Some things included in this giveaway – Tootsie Roll miniatures, Charms Blow Pops, Charms Blow Pop Minis, Andes Mints, Sugar Babies, Dubble Bubble egg shaped gum, Tootie Roll banks, Tootsie Roll fruit rolls, Tootsie Roll Pops, Junior Mints, and so much more!  
This giveaway ends Sunday, April 5 and the winner may choose a traditional or Easter-theme candy pack. Good luck!
image by Karen Weideman

What’s your biggest complaint about combination locks?  Remembering the combination of course!  How many have you thrown away?  This issue is even worse if you have children that need to lock up their bikes or gym locker.  I was so excited to hear that there is finally a solution for this problem.
Wordlock locks are the first combination lock that allow you to set your combination with words.  Engineer Todd Basche designed them so that he and millions of others could remember an easy four or five letter word combination.  Wordlocks can be set to several different easy to remember combinations such as pilot, …read more

Over at Keeping the Castle, I have two great giveaways going on.
The first giveaway is a prize package from Gum brand.  There’s a little something for the kids and adults.  For the kids, there is a Crayola Timer Light Toothbrush and Crayola Kids’ Flossers.  The light up toothbrush is pretty cool because it helps kids remember to brush longer.  For the adults we have two Summit toothbrushes, a 90 pack of eez-thru flossers, and soft picks with a travel case.
The next giveaway includes five copies of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Home.  Mrs. Meyers is two parts common sense and one part …read more

The launch party is still going on each day at Berries & Cream Blog Design.  Revka has prizes lined up each day for the party.  Thrifty Mommy has sponsored one of the prizes.  You can win a Veggie Tales pack which includes Jonah, a VeggieTales movie (VHS tape) and Jonah: Even Fish Slappers Need a Second Chance (book).  The giveaway ends Tuesday, March 3, 2009.  Click here to enter. 
Thanks to Revka for designing our fabulous new Thrifty Mommy button.